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Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast

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If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (ZAR38,110.00), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Out of this veld

Setting

Nature-blessed desert

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Ocean breeze cools the dunes, rocky outcrops and dry riverbed surrounding Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast. The original desert sculptors, these currents bring wisps of fog to mornings and evenings at this all-frills safari stay; they air-condition dune adventures, game drives and spells on the camp’s pool deck, and serve as an enticing prelude to the dramatic scenery, shipwrecks and sealife you’ll encounter at the coast. 

 

Standard prices listed on Mr & Mrs Smith are per night for two adults sharing. 

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

Eight suites.

Check–Out

10am, and check-in is at 2pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates include all meals, drinks (apart from some premium alcohol), nature drives, guided hikes and some excursions. Extras to pay for include travel between camps, specialist excursions and spa treatments.

Also

Unfortunately this remote camp is not suitable for guests with limited mobility.

At the hotel

Fire pit, laundry service and WiFi in the main lodge and suites. In rooms: air-conditioning, coffee- and tea-making kit, minibar, free bottled water, yoga mats and weights, hairdryer and Healing Earth bath products.

Our favourite rooms

The camp’s eight tented suites are kitted out equally — each designed for indoor-outdoor living, with a private, shaded veranda, view-blessed lounge space and interiors that evoke Hoanib’s softly hued sandscape.

Poolside

On a raised wooden deck, set above sand level, a turquoise lap pool is your inviting cooling-off spot, edged by sunloungers.

Packing tips

Bring a thirst to explore this region’s culture and nature, and you’ll be rewarded with privileged insight into this remote pocket of Namibia.

Also

To see cape fur seals and Namibian’s unique Atlantic shoreline up close on a full-day guided trip, you’ll want to book a stay of at least three nights.

Children

Little Smiths aged six or older are welcome. This camp has one family suite. By prior arrangement, a dedicated staff member can supervise children; for kids aged 12 or younger, you’ll need to reserve a private safari vehicle (additional charges apply).

Sustainability efforts

Wilderness takes a threefold approach to sustainability, aiming to protect (with sensitive management between people and wildlife), empower (by investing in the local community) and educate (supporting pathways out of poverty). In total, its camps help to protect six million acres of land, highlighting conservation and bringing tourism to rural areas across the African continent. Each camp treads lightly following a set of strict standards that apply to the construction and operation of each stay. Standards cover water and energy consumption; monitoring of waste and recycling, and supply chain management. Camps are audited twice yearly and must comply with at least 85 per cent of the requirements. Any shortfalls are targeted to be addressed before the next audit. Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast runs entirely on solar power.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

After dark, the star-freckled skies here make any table outdoors (or any chair beside the fire) a covetable spot.

Dress Code

Khaki cargos and tees fly by day; for alfresco dinners, smarten up and bring layers to boost your staying power.

Hotel restaurant

There’s nothing as formal in camp as a restaurant in the traditional sense. Dining at Hoanib Skeleton Coast is arranged effortlessly around the day’s scheduled activities. Evenings are often a chance to come together with other guests and staff over drinks before sitting down to seasonal plates featuring fresh picks from the camp’s vegetable garden. If you’re up and out early, expect a basic breakfast at camp, bolstered by drinks and snacks on the trail, before returning to an early lunch or brunch. Similarly, guided afternoon outings are always accompanied with on-location drinks and/or nibbles. 

Hotel bar

Sundowners, apéritifs and drinks around the fire pit may well become part of your daily routine at Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast, and you’re unlikely to go thirsty with staff on hand to take your order for drinks — hot, cold or something a little stronger. 

Last orders

Banish any expectations of set dining hours and embrace the fact that food and drink will be seamlessly integrated into your day just when you want it.

Room service

There’s no room service, but your tented suite has a minbar, and the main lodge is only a stroll away.

Location

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Address
Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast
Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp
Skeleton Coast
Namibia

You’ll find Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast among the burnished crags and arid plains of Namibia’s northerly desert, the Kaokoveld.

Planes

Scheduled transfers with Wilderness Air touch down at Hoanib Skeleton Coast Airstrip, where you’ll be met by the Wilderness team and driven to camp.

Automobiles

Although some destinations in Namibia are accessible by driving, this remote camp — in one of the country’s last wildernesses — is only reachable by air.

Other

Once you’ve booked your safari stays, the Wilderness team will be in touch to arrange travel between camps — usually scheduled or private charter flights or helicopter transfers.

Worth getting out of bed for

Your desert setting at Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast is primed to fully immerse you in this remote pocket of the Kunene Region. Game drives follow the Hoanib riverbed in hopes of spotting elephant, giraffe, oryx, hyena and lion, as well as an abundance of birdlife. Take a deep dive into their conservation with a talk from an in-camp naturalist. Scaling the dunes in a 4WD is one for the thrillseekers; or take a day trip to the coast, where you’ll spy cape fur seals, (seasonally) flamingos, towering shipwrecks and rocky beach as far as the eye can see. 

For a pan-Namibian adventure, make Smith-approved Wilderness Little Kulala among the towering red dunes of Sossusvlei your jumping-off point. From there, head to Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast, before travelling north towards the Angolan border and Wilderness Serra Cafema, which is home to the semi-nomadic Himba people. If it’s authentic rhino tracking you’re on the lookout for, you’ll want Wilderness Desert Rhino Camp in Damaraland in the mix.

Local restaurants

All meals and snacks are included with your stay — whether back at the lodge for dinner or out in the bush for a mid-drive pitstop. 

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this luxury tented escape in the Kunene Region and emptied the sand from their boots, a full account of their desert safari will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast in Namibia…

The arid plains and rocky outcrops of the Kaokoveld might lead you to believe that top-notch safari camp, Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast, is the only island of activity in Namibia’s wild north. From the canopied veranda of your tented suite, however, you’ll soon tune into the abundance of life that thrives among the dunes. This polished retreat is your launchpad to spotting desert lions, elephants, oryx and giraffes on game drives along the Hoanib riverbed, to pulse-raising off-roading, as well as insights into the camp’s conservation work. 

And while the wildlife have it hard, your all-frills base brings welcome ease to desert adventures. A main lodge, pool and fire pit add conviviality to downtime, and dining, drinks and excursions are arranged seamlessly by your expert hosts. A scenic day trip to the coast to witness the dramatic beauty of desert meeting ocean is the highlight of any stay here.

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